Which device will prevent data from flooding out of every port with the exception of broadcast traffic and traffic to unknown destination addresses?

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Which device will prevent data from flooding out of every port with the exception of broadcast traffic and traffic to unknown destination addresses?

  • modem
  • hub
  • router
  • switch

Explanation: A switch will select the outgoing port for every data frame based on the MAC destination address. A hub will flood all ports with any traffic. A router will select the outgoing port based on the IP destination address and the modem is used to connect the LAN to a WAN.

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